opener

Sustainability at BOBST

A commitment to innovation and responsibility
For 130 years, we have remained a family-owned business by anticipating change and continuously evolving to meet industry needs. Our ability to adapt has always been guided by a broader perspective - one that values people and the environment as fundamental to long-term success.

By integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles across our value chain, we develop resource-efficient solutions that help customers reduce waste, optimize energy use, and advance circularity.

Shaping the future of the packaging industry
The packaging industry is transforming, driven by connectivity, digitalization, automation, and sustainability. These pillars are shaping a more agile, efficient, and responsible value chain. Sustainability plays a key role in this evolution, ensuring that innovation leads to lower environmental impact, improved performance, and circular solutions.

Every innovation tells a story - one of progress, responsibility, and impact.
At BOBST, advancing sustainability requires collaboration and long-term vision. While competition accelerates technological advancements, cooperation drives lasting transformation. We work closely with suppliers, customers, and industry leaders to develop solutions that set new standards, expand our technology reach, and shape the future of packaging.

Caring for People, Preserving the Planet
We develop technologies that enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability across the packaging industry. From the way we design our equipment to how we cooperate with partners, our approach prioritizes responsible production, lower environmental impact, and safer and more efficient working conditions.

Rethink. Redesign. Reduce. Reuse. Remanufacture. Recycle.
Sustainability at BOBST is about continuous improvement - developing smarter processes and solutions that drive circularity. Our goal is to help customers transition to more efficient, low-impact production models, ensuring both economic and environmental progress.

Explore our approach to sustainability
BOBST’s commitment to sustainability extends across all aspects of our business - from strategy and operations to the entire packaging life cycle. 

Articles that illustrate the BOBST vision for sustainability:

Filter by Filter by
5395 CFLEX

Task team working under the banner of CEFLEX QRP project develop mono-material duplex laminated pouches using PP recyclates

The CEFLEX initiative brings together more than 180 European companies, associations and organizations that represent the entire value chain of flexible packaging

Read more
5391 FibreCycle 01

oneBARRIER FibreCycle: A High Barrier Fibre-Based Solution from BOBST & Partners

BOBST, working with its partners including UPM and Michelman have developed a high barrier, recycle-ready, fibre-based solution named oneBARRIER FibreCycle.

Read more
5365 PET based laminates

BOBST joins strategic partnership for recycling of PET-based laminates

Four industry partners are collaborating on industry-leading approach for closed-loop recycling of PET-based multilayer laminates used for thermo-formed food trays. BOBST’s coating expertise is key to...

Read more
5327 Sustainability 03

Flexo evolution supports sustainable progress in packaging

The pivotal point of all packaging industry innovation is sustainability. All stakeholders from across the whole of the packaging supply chain understand that the only way to future-proof our industry...

Read more
3890 Sustainability JP

Making sustainability in packaging a reality today with oneINSPECTION, oneECG and oneBARRIER

At virtual.drupa 21, Francois Martin, Global Marketing Director of BOBST outlined some of the ways in which sustainability in packaging is achievable, and how we can start making it a reality today. 

Read more
3892 GMV Success story 01

With almost 40 years in the packaging industry, GMV consolidates its success through a consistent strategy and long-term partnerships

Convertidora GMV started operations in 1973 in Jalisco, Mexico. By then, the company's vision was ahead of the average packaging suppliers operating in the Mexican market, as strategic partnerships,...

Read more
3889 Roundtable FP 01

Plastic packaging & sustainability are at a crossroad: what is the way forward?

Players along the flexible packaging value chain must deliver on sustainability requirements on several different levels: consumers’ expectations, food protection and safety, legal requirements...

Read more
Sustainability article

Sustainability is not tomorrow’s problem – at BOBST, we are ready today

Sustainability pledges have been made by organizations all over the world. Now, these pledges need to be met.

Read more
3847 Ingogroup 01

BOBST MASTER M6 helps Ingogroup set new standards for packaging printing in Spain

"Quality and service, service, service." 

Read more
3836 Tuicial

Smart investments are key to supporting the fast growing folding cartons market demand

With more than 43 years in the market, Tuicial Indústria Gráfica is one of the fastest growing companies in the Brazilian folding carton industry  

Read more